Sentences with by-product
by-prod·uct
B b - The raw material for the tyre is a by-product of petrol refining. [+ of]
- A by-product of their meeting was the release of these fourteen men. [+ of]
- It was about this time that the first experiments were made (in Germany) with basic slag, a material which had hitherto been regarded as a worthless by-product of steel manufacture. A year or two later field trials were begun in England, with the final result that basic slag has become recognized as a valuable source of phosphorus for growing crops, and is now in constant demand for application to the soil as a fertilizer.
- The many Indian restaurants all over Britain are a by-product of the large waves of immigration from the subcontinent.